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WWI: The Final Hours

Season 1
On 8 November 1918, an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a German secretly gathered in a train carriage near Paris. Their meeting would last for three days. Its aim was to end four long years of brutal and deadly war. This innovative documentary uncovers the extraordinary events leading up to the World War I Armistice and the repercussions from it that would ripple throughout the 20th century.
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  1. S1 E1 - WWI: The Final Hours
    November 7, 2018
    48min
    TV-PG
    On 8 November 1918, an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a German secretly gathered in a train carriage near Paris. Their meeting would last for three days. Its aim was to end four long years of brutal and deadly war. This innovative documentary uncovers the extraordinary events leading up to the World War I Armistice and the repercussions from it that would ripple throughout the 20th century.
    Free trial of BBC Select

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Directors
Christopher Durlacher
Producers
David Glover
Studio
72 Films Ltd
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